We are still in Nassau this morning after 24 hours of 20-40 knot winds out of the west. It was a very noisy night with the waves slamming the stern of the boat as we sat in the #1 slip at Nassau Harbour Club Marina. Today the cold front has finally arrived in full force. The temperature overnight dropped to 62 degrees. That may be warm in comparison with south Florida and hot in comparsion with New York State, but on the boat it is chilly. However, we have a forecast for lightening winds this afternoon. So we will consider moving to the Exumas this afternoon or tomorrow morning. We have a 2-3 day window before we need to get Gene back for his flight home from Nassau. I have my fingers crossed for the better weather.
Yesterday, we decided to hike to the eastern part of New Providence Island to see what life there is all about. We got about 3 miles before a woman in a car hailed us and admonished for walking here. She said it is far too dangerous and we needed to get into her car immediately. After about 20 minutes, of discussion we relented and piled into her car. It turned out that she gave us a driving tour of the area for about an hour, complete with running commentary on Nassau, New Providence, Fox Hill and Bahamian life in general. Ann Marie was an excellent tour guide, very friendly and outgoing to the max. She is a junior economist here and had moved back home here after several years living/working in Canada. She had a very interesting perspective on Bahamian life.
She dropped us back where she had found us, so we hiked back to the marina where I knocked off a few boat projects before starting dinner and afterwards, watching DVD's.
Today is another project-repairing the Bahamian courtesy flag which ripped itself apart last night. It wouldn't be such a loss if I hadn't just replaced it with a new one last week. After the winds we had 2 weeks ago, my original courtesy had ripped itself beyond repair. These winds are destructive.
The next update will probably come on Wednesday when we return with Gene.